CIIC:Selected anniversaries/January 29

Vice premier Deng Xiaoping arrived in the United States for an official visit at the invitation of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States.

1899: The well-known literary figure and translator Qu Qiubai was born. He was a leader of the Communist Party of China in the late 1920s.

1979: Vice premier Deng Xiaoping made an official visit to the United States.